Former Kentucky coach Hal Mumme and University of Houston co-defensive coordinator Craig Naivar have emerged as candidates to interview for the UTSA football head coaching job, sources said late Friday night. …

UTSA athletic director Lynn Hickey on Thursday brushed off a question about whether she believes the university needs to pay its next football coach as much as rival Texas State will be paying new coach Everett Withers. Withers’ first-year salary will be $650,000. …

Sources say former UTSA football coach Larry Coker underwent hip replacement surgery over the holidays, but it’s uncertain whether it had anything to do with him leaving his job. Coker stepped down Tuesday. …